he did sign,s -- as you know the welfare reform act which i i don't think president obama would have signed it? >> he came out against it in 1996. president obama did sign an agreement. >> bill: i see barack obama much further to the left than bill clinton was. why doesn't obama learn from clinton who did manage the economy effectively? >> i think they are pretty much in synch. one of the things that may have happened is the center in the republican party has moved to the right. even to the right of where newt gingrich was in 1997. >> bill: that doesn't have anything to do with obama. look, you know these guys, to me, just based on public policy and what happened, it looks like obama is is way to the left. now, we're going to have more. i'm going to hold over george because i want to analyze the tom brokaw sound bite. this is amazing. he said some very provocative things, brokaw does about gun control, comparing to civil rights. later, colin powell once again echoing president obama's opinion this time on voter i.d. registration. those reports after these messages as the factor conti